Oxlade-Chamberlain: RVP Is Irreplaceable
Arsenal winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain believes that if club captain
Robin van Persie is sold in the upcoming transfer window, then goal scoring would
become a major problem for the Gunners.
Moreover, the former Southampton starlet told The Sun that van Persie is a major
presence at the club and his departure would leave a massive leadership hole in the Arsenal
dressing room.
First bow
Hello to all and welcome. Not a great day so far? Well, let's try to cheer you up shall we. Jack
Wilshere has completed his minor procedure surgery in Sweden and will now return to Arsenal to
continue his rehabilitation. It's good that he has completed that and even tweeted a picture about
it.
First bow
Hello to all and welcome. Not a great day so far? Well, let's try to cheer you up shall we. Jack
Wilshere has completed his minor procedure surgery in Sweden and will now return to Arsenal to
continue his rehabilitation. It's good that he has completed that and even tweeted a picture about
it.
Japan vs Azerbaijan 2-0 Highlights Shinji Kagawa Goal Video Okazaki Kirin Challenge Cup 2012
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Summer Green has 12 goals in Guatemala, a U.S. record for a qualifying tournamentThe U.S. WNT has just one more full day in Guatemala and it will be a big one as the young
Americans take on Canada for the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship title. You can watch the
game live on CONCACAF.
The crowds are of course usually small at the CONCACAF qualifying events for youth women, but the
parents of this current U.S. U-17 team deserve some kudos for making it not seem that way.
Although the majority of the parents didn't arrive until the USA's third group game, they brought
with them American flags, horns, face paint, loud voices, tons of energy and some serious
coordinated cheering.
The U.S. Under-14 Boys' National Team had a busy two-day slate of scrimmages last week at The
Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
After playing Chivas USA's Academy team to a 3-3 draw and Fram Sportsklubben to a 5-2 loss last
Thursday, May 17, the U-14s rebounded with two wins on Saturday, May 19 – a 3-0 victory against
CZ Elite FC and a 5-0 win against the San Diego Sockers.
The U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team stormed through the group stage at the 2012 CONCACAF
U-17 Women's Championship to take the top spot in Group B. Now the U.S. players focus on perhaps
the most important game of their young careers so far, a match-up with Group A runner-up Panama on
Thursday, May 10 at 2:30 p.
The left-footed wonder hasn't exactly lit up the Allianz during his brief stint there, but he's
got some skills and skills will go a long way in a place like China. A really long way all the way
to the bank and back a few times.
And Danijel is perfectly happy with that, saying proudly, "It's all about the money.
Against T&T, Summer Green scored her sixth goal of the tournament
The U.S. U-17 WNT has qualified for the semifinal round at the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women's
Championships, but there is much more work to be done in this tournament, starting with a match
against Mexico on May 7 in the Group B finale, the winner of which will finish first in the group
and earn a semifinal match with the second place team from Group A.
The U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team kicks off the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship on
Thursday, May 3, when it faces the Bahamas (3 pm CT) in what will be the first-ever match for a
U.S. WNT against the island nation. The USA will continue Group B play against Trinidad & Tobago on
Saturday, May 5 (3 pm CT), and finish the first round against Mexico on Monday, May 7 (5:30 pm
CT).
The U.S. U-17 WNT takes its first step, hop and/or jump onto the field together (sort of) as they
begin their official stadium training (you only get one hour) and their journey that will hopefully
end at the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan...
Pic of the Day
Arsenal legends Dennis Bergkamp and Tony Adams are squaring up for a head-to-head clash – with
the winner securing a coaching role at the Emirates.
The former Gunners are frontrunners to replace Steve Bould within the coaching staff at the club
at the end of the season.
Bould is poised to replace the retiring Pat Rice as Arsene Wenger's No.
Anthony Brooks in Action for the U-20s
One of the newer faces in the U-20 Men's National Team pool is John Anthony Brooks, who goes by
Anthony. The big defender has been in a few camps before and he's enjoying his time here in
Germany: "I think it's been greats," Brooks told the YNT Blog.
Today's Schedule: PackedAfter four days of training camp the U-23 Men's National Team is taking the field today in two
scrimmages. The squad is being split, with one team heading 30 km east to Bochum to take on VfL
Bochum and the 2nd Bundesliga side's complex. That group of players was up early this morning to
grab an 8 a.
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U21) ( Vid Below) Final score and result:- England U21 vs Iceland U21 5-0 ( Sordell, Kelly, Dawson,
Gardner*2) Weston Homes Community [.
Teal Bunbury, who has two caps with the U.S. Men's National Team, had to withdraw from the
Under-23 roster after suffering an ankle injury.
Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury was forced to withdraw from U.S. Under-23 Men's
National Team training camp roster after suffering a right ankle contusion in his team's 2-0 loss
to Houston in the MLS Western Conference Final.
Teal Bunbury, who has two caps with the U.S. Men's National Team, had to withdraw from the
Under-23 roster after suffering an ankle injury.
Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury was forced to withdraw from U.S. Under-23 Men's
National Team training camp roster after suffering a right ankle contusion in his team's 2-0 loss
to Houston in the MLS Western Conference Final.
Euro 2012 qualifying began in August 2010, with 51 nations vying to be part of next Juneís
tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Of course, only about half of those teams entered with realistic
hopes of qualifying or making the playoffs, and less than half of those teams have a legitimate
chance to make a serious run at the title.
FC Milwaukee defender Brittany Von Rueden was called back into camp with the U.S.
Under-18 women's national team.
U.S. Soccer women's technical director April Heinrichs is overseeing the week-long camp,
which starts Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Von Rueden, a Notre Dame recruit,
also was part of the Under-18 national team camp in June.
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Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter England striker Wayne Rooney has been awarded a three
match ban by UEFA for his tackle on Miodrag Dzudovic.
By JOEY SAMUEL
During the qualifying process for the 2010 World Cup, France put on a number of disappointing
performances and was forced to get in through the playoff round. On Tuesday, Les Bleus made sure
that wouldn't happen again.
A Samir Nasri penalty in the 78th minute rescued a 1-1 draw for France against
Bosnia-Herzegovina, allowing France to remain in first place in Group D and seal a place in EURO
2012.
[Editor's note: Today is the final day of the qualifying round for Euro 2012. John Lally
provides us with a rundown of which of today's 22 fixtures actually matter for qualification.
Click through the "Group X" headings to see the group standings on UEFA's site, click thru the
hyperlinked fixtures for further TV info and match previews on livesoccertv.
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Score and result:- Norway vs England 1-2 ( Berisha/ Dawson, Henderson) Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen-
10 October, 2011- 18.
We've already had a look at how things stand going into the final round of qualifying for the
2012 European Championships now lets have a look at the top five important stats so far in the
qualifying stages so far.
Top Fives:
Goals Scored:
Holland... 35
Germany...
With Germany, Italy, Holland, England, Spain and hosts Poland and Ukraine
already qualified their are still 9 places remaining in the Euro 2012
Finals, so which teams have their own destiny in their own hands and who have to rely on others to
keep their Euro 2012 dreams alive.
England is a point away from cementing a place at the 2012 European championships, but the Three
Lions will have to earn that point on the road at Montenegro.
That match is one of the few highlights among the day's European qualifiers, in addition to the
anticipated matchup between Germany and Turkey.
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Football
Okay so they're bad, but just how bad? Making his debut for Just Football
here's Jake Miller with a statistical analysis of UEFA's minnows.
During the last round of qualifiers for next summer's European Championships in Poland and
Ukraine, the world's number one ranked team, Holland stuffed perennial losers
San Marino 11-0.
The signing of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton this summer was met acrimoniously by
many sectors of the Emirates faithful. Over the international break, Chamberlain went some way to
justifying the money that Arsene Wenger paid for the talented teen and giving Arsenal fans a taste
of what is to come.
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Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This shocking Robert Earnshaw miss vs England allowed the
Three Lions to escape with a 1-0 win when they faced the Welsh at Wembley on 6 September, 2011.
"I'm going to score on you baldy." Fellaini and Howard: Opponents today, teammates again
tomorrow...
The United States set to kickoff against the Belgium Red Devils today in Brussels.
Coverage on ESPN (supposedly) set for at 2:30pm EST however a certain NASCAR car thingy could
pose another tricky situation for the sports mouse network.
Kenny Dalglish today praised Stuart Pearce for allowing Jordan Henderson a free week to prepare for
Liverpool's fixture at Stoke on Saturday.
Henderson captained the U21s to a 6-0 victory over Azerbaijan on Thursday night but rather than
retain his services for the friendly with Israel last night, Pearce instead opted to send Henderson
back to Melwood.
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Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This fabulous Marvin Sordell goal was the second goal
scored for England U21 in their 4-1 win over Israel U-21 on September 5, 2011.
Serbia is set to face the Faroe Islands in Group C action, while Kazakhstan heads to Azerbaijan
in an exciting match-up of countries that can't qualify for next summer's European Championships.
Plus there might be a couple of games that you'll be vaguely interested in because hey, it's
football, which is better than nothing.
Liverpool and England Under-21 midfielder Jordan Henderson has been granted permission to leave the
Under-21 set-up early to join up with Kenny Dalglish's squad ahead of their match against Stoke
City next weekend.
The former Sunderland man was on target for Stuart Pearce's side as they got their Euro 2013
qualification campaign off to the perfect start with a 6-0 win over Azerbaijan on Thursday.
Stuart Pearse, England under-21 Manager had the good sense to allow Jordan Henderson return to
Liverpool ahead of the game against Israel's under-21 international, Monday evening.
Pearse's Captain put in a commanding performance in midfield against Azerbaijan, scoring a
delightful goal in the 6-0 victory.
Germany became the first nation, along with tournament hosts Ukraine and Poland, to qualify for
the 2012 UEFA European Championships last night. Their 6-2 victory over neighbours Austria gave the
Nationalmannschaft an unassailable nine point lead at the top of qualifying Group A.
Goals from Miroslav Klose, Mesut Özil (2) and Lukas Podolski along with additional strikes from
substitutes André Schürrle and Mario Götze put the cherry on top of the cake for Germany whose
defence was breached just twice by Marko Arnautovic and Martin Harnik, both of whom ply their trade
in the German Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and VfB Stuttgart respectively.
Stuart Pearce has conceded Jordan Henderson was 'on his knees' when playing for England at the
European Under-21 Championship in the summer.
Henderson has been handed the captain's armband for England's bid to qualify for the 2013
tournament after struggling to make an impression during this year's competition in Denmark.
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Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Bulgaria vs England 2011 Final score and result:-
Bulgaria vs England 0-3 ( Gary Cahill, Wayne Rooney*2) Euro 2012 Qualifying- 2 September, 2011-
Vasil Levski Stadium, Sofia Wayne Rooney's brace allows England to crush [.
Azerbaijan's 86th minute equaliser scored by Rauf Aliyeu stunned Belgium in
their Euro 2012 Group A clash, after the Belgian's took the lead courtesy of a Timmy Simons penalty
in the 55th minute.
